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| Celtics host Spurs in Beantown |
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02/08/2009 |
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| y for his verbal abuse of officials following Thursday's 110-109 overtime loss to the Lakers. San Antonio will resume its eight-game road trip today and had its four-game winning streak come to an end with Tuesday's 104-96 defeat at the hands of the Denver Nuggets. Roger Mason led the shorthanded Spurs with 26 points, six assists and five rebounds, as San Antonio fell to 1-1 on the trek without starters Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili. Head coach Gregg Popovich elected to rest the trio following the |
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| Wizards welcome Pacers to DC |
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02/08/2009 |
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| Indiana Pacers to the Verizon Center. The Wizards are last in the Southeast Division and will close out a five-game homestand Sunday night. They have lost three straight and fell to 1-3 on the residency following Friday's 124-103 setback versus the Denver Nuggets. Antawn Jamison registered 26 points, eight rebounds and five assists in Washington's eighth loss in nine games overall. Nick Young chipped in 20 points off the bench in defeat. Washington is 7-19 as the host in 2008-09. Wizards forward Caron Butler |
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| Harris, Nets crush Nuggets by 44 points |
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02/08/2009 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ (MySportsbook) - Devin Harris tallied a game-high 28 points to lead New Jersey to a 114-70 blowout over the Northwest Division- leading Denver Nuggets, tying the second-largest margin of victory in Nets history. New Jersey won its season-high fourth straight game thanks to a 32-for-41 mark from the foul line and a defensive effort that held the Nuggets to 35.6 percent shooting. Ryan Anderson recorded 13 points and 12 rebounds, while Brook Lopez dominated down low with 15 points and nine |
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| Nuggets resume trek in New Jersey |
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02/07/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Northwest Division-leading Denver Nuggets will shoot for their fifth straight win this evening when they resume an eight-game road trip against the New Jersey Nets at the IZOD Center. Denver posted its fourth straight win and improved to 2-0 on the trek following Friday's 124-103 victory at Washington. Carmelo Anthony scored 23 points for the Nuggets, who welcomed back point guard Chauncey Billups and forward Kenyon Martin from injury. Billups (ankle) and Martin (flu) each missed Wedne |
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| Wizards' Butler out again with flu |
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02/06/2009 |
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| Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - Washington Wizards guard Caron Butler will miss Friday's game against the Denver Nuggets because of the flu. The Wizards head into the contest with just nine healthy players. Butler, Gilbert Arenas (knee), Brendan Haywood (wrist), Etan Thomas (knee), DeShawn Stevenson (back), and Andray Blatche (knee) all will miss Friday's game for Washington. Butler is second on the team in scoring (20.0) and rebounding (6.2) and leads the Wizards in assists (4.4). Washington comes into Fr |
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| Nuggets resume long trek vs. Wizards |
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02/06/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Northwest Division-leading Denver Nuggets resume an eight-game road trip Friday against the Washington Wizards at the Verizon Center. The Nuggets have won three straight overall and opened the lengthy trek with a 114-113 victory at Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Carmelo Anthony scored 32 points, pulled down 11 rebounds and hit the winning shot with 5.3 seconds remaining to lead Denver, which won for the sixth time in seven games despite missing two key players. Kenyon Martin missed the ga |
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| Blazers aiming for rebound in Oklahoma City |
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02/06/2009 |
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| e Portland Trail Blazers will try to get back on track and stay within striking distance of the top spot in the Northwest Division when they wrap up a three-game road trip tonight against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Portland is 2 1/2 games behind the Denver Nuggets in the division standings and had its five-game winning streak come to an end with Wednesday's 104-99 setback at Dallas. Brandon Roy led all scorers with 26 points to go with seven rebounds for Portland, which is 1-1 on the trek and 12-13 away from |
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| Nuggets G Billups out with ankle sprain |
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02/04/2009 |
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| Oklahoma City, OK (MySportsbook) - Denver Nuggets All-Star guard Chauncey Billups missed Wednesday's 114-113 win against the Thunder. Billups sprained his right ankle in the second quarter of Tuesday's 104-96 victory over San Antonio. He played the first half, but did not return after halftime. X-rays taken on the ankle came back negative and he is listed as day-to-day. Acquired in the trade earlier this season that saw Allen Iverson head to Detroit, Billups is averaging 18.6 points and 6.3 assists per gam |
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| Nuggets start up lengthy jaunt in Oklahoma City |
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02/04/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Denver Nuggets kick off a season-long eight-game road trip Wednesday in Oklahoma City against the Thunder. The Nuggets will start the trek in a positive fashion, after Carmelo Anthony scored 35 points and brought down nine rebounds in just his second game since returning from a fractured right hand as Denver defeated the short-handed San Antonio Spurs, 104-96, Tuesday in a battle of division leaders. Nene logged 17 points and 11 rebounds while Linas Kleiza and Chris Anderson provided 1 |
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| Nuggets top shorthanded Spurs |
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02/04/2009 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - Carmelo Anthony scored 35 points and brought down nine rebounds in just his second game since returning from a fractured right hand, and the Denver Nuggets defeated the shorthanded San Antonio Spurs, 104-96, in a battle of division leaders. Nene logged 17 points and 11 rebounds while Linas Kleiza and Chris Anderson provided 13 and 11 points, respectively, for the Northwest Division-leading Nuggets, who have won five of six. Chauncey Billups left the game in the second quarter wi |
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